What is good for the people is good for myself, and vice versa.
Working with/in/for any organization, may it be company, government, or actually even if you are working by yourself, as long as there is people other than you involved, you are never free from relationship.
If it is called work it is about relationship.
For every work there is a receiver, a beneficiary.
That could be your customers, readers, guests, employees, bosses, or your families perhaps.
We may say we don't care about their evaluation, but we can't ignore the fact when you are handing/submitting/giving out your outcome, there is a receiver to the other end that evaluates and rewards you for your work by means of salary/money, time, or maybe by just words of appreciation, otherwise what would be the point of working if not for them?
Even if we could forget about intangible remarks or feedback from your work's receivers, we could not forget there are tangible real human beings receiving your work at the other end.
"What is good for the country is good for General Motors and vice versa" were words of Charles E. Wilson, the former GM chief who became secretary of defense for President Eisenhower. Likewise what is good for people is at the end of the day good for yourself and if it felt good for yourself then it must be good for the other people.
My current recognition of "work" is that it exists between relations of people.
One true lesson gained from my own working experiences. "Shigoto" is a Japanese word for work and its literal meaning is "To serve".
Couldn't put it better. So true.
So we all ought to be mindful of what relationship we are building when working. Concentrating on work itself, its quality, its effect is not simply enough, it is the relationship built with the beneficiary, colleagues, and everyone involved with your work we need to mind and care more.
If it is called work it is about relationship.
For every work there is a receiver, a beneficiary.
That could be your customers, readers, guests, employees, bosses, or your families perhaps.
We may say we don't care about their evaluation, but we can't ignore the fact when you are handing/submitting/giving out your outcome, there is a receiver to the other end that evaluates and rewards you for your work by means of salary/money, time, or maybe by just words of appreciation, otherwise what would be the point of working if not for them?
Even if we could forget about intangible remarks or feedback from your work's receivers, we could not forget there are tangible real human beings receiving your work at the other end.
"What is good for the country is good for General Motors and vice versa" were words of Charles E. Wilson, the former GM chief who became secretary of defense for President Eisenhower. Likewise what is good for people is at the end of the day good for yourself and if it felt good for yourself then it must be good for the other people.
My current recognition of "work" is that it exists between relations of people.
One true lesson gained from my own working experiences. "Shigoto" is a Japanese word for work and its literal meaning is "To serve".
Couldn't put it better. So true.
So we all ought to be mindful of what relationship we are building when working. Concentrating on work itself, its quality, its effect is not simply enough, it is the relationship built with the beneficiary, colleagues, and everyone involved with your work we need to mind and care more.
